Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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15 Eighth (j ra le Notes Thomas Whittakcr, ' 54 Oil September 5. 1949. a group of vory en- thusiastic students, veterans of one year in the Junior High, appeared in the eighth grade. The eighth grade history class put on a very interesting exhibit on the history of transporta- tion. The pupils made scale models of ships, trains, and airplanes. Each pupil also made a booklet on transportation. A display of the mod- els was then set up. Some of the best booklets were also used. When it was complete, pictures were taken. On March 11. the school broadcast was put on over WBET. Brockton. Several eighth grade students took part in a skit based on the life of Nathan Hale. Those who took part were Priscilla Rand. Russell Prouty. Thomas Whittaker, Charles Goddard. Jay Locke, and Richard Prouty. In October the 8B class presented an assembly consisting mainly of talks on students ' hobbies. Stafford Short gave an interesting talk about fishing. Patricia McAulifife gave a talk on her collection of dolls. The Junior High had a boys ' basketball team on which several eighth grade boys played. Two games were played. Duxbury was beaten 28-22. Cohasset won the other 12-10. The girls also had a team. They played one game against Cohasset and lost. Several members of the eighth grade are in the band. They are Donald Bongarzone, Lee Carpenter. Fred Gleason. Elliott Haartz. Thad Litchfield, Richard Prouty, Russell Prouty, David Roberts. Thomas Smith, and Thomas Whittaker. Several girls also played on the junior varsity field hockey, and basketball team. Diane Prouty, Yvonne Mongeau, and Nancy Taggart were on the hockey team. Diane Prouty, Yvonne Mon- geau, Nancy Taggart. and Alice Mitchell played on the basketball team. There were several girls in the chorus in the All-School Play. Also a quartet made up of Arnold Bowker, Lee Carpenter, Fred Timpany, and Thomas Smith sang 1 Love Geography. In our two years in the Junior High we hope we have made a favorable impression. And we shall continue to do our best for the school. Seventh Grade INoles Marilyn Sweiisoii, 7B When the new members of the seventh grade first came to Junior High, most of us liked the changes. A few of us got mixed up at first going from room to room. In October we made some booklets about Rip Van Winkle under the direction of Miss Cunneen, the Junior High English teacher. They contained a picture or two. an autumn poem, and the sum- marized story. Many of them were very well done. In November, on a Saturday, Mrs. Williams, the Junior High history teacher, took us on a guided tour to Plymouth. Our guide was dressed as a Pilgrim. We saw the first house, which had been built by the Plimoth Plantation, Inc., to look like the original houses built by the Pil- grims. The Plimoth Plantation is going to re- construct the Pilgrim village. Some of us took pictures of the places where we stopped. On the way back to Scituate we stopped at the John Alden House. It was a very interesting trip. In January 7A put on an assembly. It was conducted as a talent show. It was directed by Miss Giles, the Junior High math teacher. It showed that there is a great deal of talent in 7A. At another assembly 7B acted out a play called The Old Sleuth directed by Miss Vollnier, the Junior High geography and hygiene teacher. It was fun both to see and do.

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14 FRESHMAN CLASS First Row: D. Kane, E. Hatch, A. Nichols, J. Bongazone, I. Gleason, E. Grassie, F. Sweeney, J. Taylor. Second Row: A. Smith, J. McEleney. B. J. Walker, A. Breen, K. Virtue, K. Brebner, M. Veiga, M. Goodnow, C. Macy, N. Hannigan, P. O ' Keefe, A. McAiiliffe, B. Robinson. Third Row: Miss Vinal, J. Merritt, E. Locklin, M. Flaherty, J. Noble, R. L. Call, N. Murphy, J. Jacobucci. M. Brown. L. Tower, S. Chadbourne. J. Nitzsche, K. Roberts, P. Palmer, D. Ford, Mr. Kreimer. Fourth Row: P. Schramn. R. Loughman. D. HoUis, A. Brazilian, R. Harris, D. Mendell, T. Hennigan. M. MacDonald, S. Merritt, D. Mendell. W. Stewart, N. Towle, R. Wiley, D. Jenney, S. McAvenia, R. Dwyer, B. O ' Hern. FRESHMAN CLASS Peter Palmer, ' 53 The Freshmen entered school last September ready to overcome all obstacles and make a great success of our first year of high school. We wel- comed as new members to our class John Nitzsche from Newton; Frances Sweeney from West Roxbury; Robert Wiley from Norwell: Karl Virtue back from Vermont: Barbara Kerans. whom we soon lost: and Malcolm McDonald and Robert O ' Hern who attended school at Wey- mouth last year. We were sorry to lose Peter Curley, Paul Parker, and Raymond Dwyer, who now attend school at Braintree; and Dooley Sciple who has moved to New York. At our first class meeting class officers and advisers were elected. Michael Veiga was elected president: Kenneth Brebner. vice president; Mar) Goodnow. secretary: and Karl Virtue, treasurer. Miss Vinal and Mr. Kreimer were elected class advisers. Members of our class have participated in nearly all extra-curricular activities. Many freshmen have taken part in athletics, and our class has been well represented in the school band and orchestra. Neil Murphy, Kenneth Roberts. Donald Jenney. and Judy Taylor took important parts in the all-school production. In our coming years at S. H. S. the class of 53 looks forward to becoming a great success. Just watch us!

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16 LOOKING BACK SCITUATE HIGH — 1925 Muriel Nichols, 51 As the first half of the twentieth century rolls around, what better time is there than now to look back and recall the changes that have taken place within our school in the last half of this era. Try to imagine the school building as it was in 1925 — before the two wings were added. It was about one-third the size it is now. and com- prised only the present offices, the library, and Room 105, with the corresponding rooms on the second floor. The building consequently did not include the cafeteria, the gym, the shop, and the class rooms of the east wing. In addition to the main entrance, there were two side doors, one at either end of the building. The tall, square building entirely lacked the imposing appearance that it has today. Our present library-study used to be the as- sembly hall. There the students met for their opening morning exercises and what few assem- blies they had. Students who had study periods occupied empty seats at the rear of a room where a class was being held. This situation was often difficult for the teacher, who had to keep her eye on the study group while teaching the class. Pupils who find it hard to study in the quiet atmosphere of our study hall today would have been entirely lost then. A small library had been organized in 1924. and was situated in what is now the outer office. It contained comparatively few books, in con- trast to our library today, which has approxi- mately 1,700 well-chosen volumes. At that time the school gratefully received any contributions, and the Woman ' s Club, as well as others inter- ested in the school, contributed several volumes. Lockers were installed in 1925 for the first time for both girls and boys. Also the installa- tion of a fire alarm system in the town at this time enabled the school to arrange for the first no-school signals. The Household Arts classes were held in the Annex then, as now. There being no cafeteria, the students of these classes served one hot dish for lunch to as many pupils as could be accom- modated. In the fall of 1925 manual training was intro- duced in the school. The classes were held in the basement of the Annex, in the section that had previously been the coal bin. The eager students got together and cleaned it so they could set up shop. The manual training teacher also acted as part-time coach for boys ' sports. There were only 121 students enrolled in the school in 1925, and the graduating class con- sisted of only 18 members. Faculty members consisted of only seven full-time teach- rs. includ- ing the principal and submaster. with two super- visors employed part-time for music and art. Today the enrollment of the school is 400, in- cluding the seventh and eighth grade classes which are now in the building, and there are twenty full-time teachers. During these years there was not as much interest in college as there is today. Many stu- dents went to work as soon as they graduated, while others left before finishing school. For this reason a larger proportion took Commercial Course. Records show that the graduates of this course were in great demand and were given ex- cellent jobs. Activities were much more limited and less varied than they are now. The 1925 Chimes mentions only a Latin Club, and The Junior Scribblers, a club for commercial students. Looking at a 1950 Chimes, notice the many or- ganizations which provide extra-curricular acti- vities for students today. The most important activities of 1925 were the annual play and the musical productions. Under the direction of Miss Jeanne Bradford, the music supervisor, the students put on two outstanding musical comedies in 1925. Frills and Frolics and The Bells of Beaujolais. The boys ' and girls ' Glee Clubs took part in these productions, dressed in costume for the chorus, which sang the hits of the day, such as Sweet Georgia Brown. April Showers, ' and Al- ways. The Art Department designed the cos- tumes for the shows, and the girls in Household Arts made them. The class play was coached by the principal of the school. Sometimes the class voted for the members of the cast. Since there was no hall suitable for school performances, all the shows and plays were held at the Woman ' s Club or the Town Hall. Although there had been a few athletic teams for boys in previous years. 1925 was the starting date of sports at Scituate High with the shop teacher as coach. During this year the students organized the Athletic Association with the promise of an athletic field. The excellent field we have today was once rocky land, and the students themselves helped clear it when the work was first undertaken for the field. The money that was made from the school shows that year went to the Athletic Fund. Before 1925 the girls had no organized sports.